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Figurative Language In John Steinbeck's The Book Of Job

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The Book of Job starts out in the style of a folk tale. Using the famous word “once” in a line one, sort of triggers a folk tale mentality because it is used to start many stories like that. The point of view itself is third person acting very much like a storyteller attempting to showcase a moral. This excerpt of the book seems to be strictly storytelling and lacks any significant figurative language. The tone is similar to that of 1 Kings in that it does not attempt to lighten anything. The author is clearly trying to get a message across to the reader and does not want to loose any of the meaning so he or she writes with utmost clearness and seriousness. In this book of the bible Satan takes on archetypes. He takes on the archetype of the
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